Key ring



Feb.l0,1925.

I J. BATL LE KEY RING,

Filed Ma a. 1925 A TORNE Patented Feb. 10, 1925.

llNlTED STATES JOHN IBA'ILLE, O3? DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

KEY RING.

Application filed. May 21,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN BATLLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of lVayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in a Key Ring, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a key ring andhas for its object the provision of a key ring which will be simple instructure, economical of manufacture and highly efficient in use.

Another object of the invention is the provision of means for attachingthe key ring to the belt of the user and having means for attaching aplate thereto.

Another object of the invention is the pro vision of a key ringsupporter having a match scratcher attached thereto.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of partshereinafter described and claimed. 7

The invention will be best understood from a reference to theaccompanying drawings which form a part of this specification and inwhich,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational View of the invention attached to the beltof a user,

Fig. 2 is aside elevational view of the invention,

Fig. 3 is a rear elevational View of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a modified form of the invention,

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the invention taken on substantially line5 5 of Fig. 4:, and,

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank from which the holder is made.

The invention in its preferred form comprises a key ring formed so as topresent two or more rings 16 and 17 which mally held in close relationand which may be sprung apart to allow the passage of a key betweenthem. The end of one of these members has an angularly turned portion 18which is welded or soldered or otherwise suitably attached to a reducedportion 15 of a supporting member. This supporting member is made from asingle blank shown in Fig. 6 and has its main body portion doubled uponitself to form the straight porplate, such as blank the utility 1923.Serial No. 640,307.

tion 9 and the portion 10 inclined thereto, provided with an outwardlyturned end 11 and laterally extending lugs 12 and 13. The end 11 isprovided with an opening 14 through which may be projected a rivet forfastening to the portion 11 any suitable a drivers license plate, orsimilar article 20. The lugs 12 and 13 and the material separating themare knurled or otherwise roughened to form a surface for scratchingmatches on. By passing the belt 19 between the members 9 and 10 the keyring is held in an easily accessible place and the user has a convenientsurface for scratching matches on, as well as a convenient place tocarry a drivers license plate. By forming the supporting member from asingle of the device is enhanced, as the match scratching surface willnot become detached as would be the case with a separate piece ofmaterial fastened there to.

In the form shown in Figs. 4c and 5, the lower end of the portion 15 iscurled to form a knuckle 21. The end of one of the rings 16 or 17 isprovided with an angularly turned portion 22 from which projects anotherangularly turned portion 23, the end of which is again turned at rightangles to the main body. The portion 23 rests in the knuckle 21 and maybe free to swivel therein or may be a pressed fit. The rest of thedevice is as described for the preferred form.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is set out in the accompanying claims, and I donot wish to limit myself to such structure as shown but desire to availmyself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope ofthe claims.

What I claim is:

1. A key ring supporter struck from a single blank comprising a shankhaving a tapered end, the opposite end being doubled upon the main bodythereof, said tapered end projecting beyond the end of said doubled overportion; and lugs projecting outwardly from the opposite sides of saiddoubled over portion adjacent the end thereof.

2. As an article of manufacture, a supporting member struck from asingle blank and having one end tapered, the opposite end being doubledupon the main body portion of said shank, said tapered end projectingbeyond the end of said doubled over i portion; lugs projecting outwardlyfrom said doubled over portion, at opposite sides thereof, adjacent oneend, said lugs and the portion of said shank lying thei'ebetwcen be ingroughened on the outer surface; and a key ring mounted on said taperedend for 10 depending therefrom.

In testimony whereof I have signed the foregoing specification.

JOHN BATLLE,

